TO ALL PARALEGALS, ATTORNEYS & OTHER LEGAL PROFESSIONALS: The LAPA Family Law Section Presents: Domestic Violence and Mothers Behind Bars Incarcerated mothers, who are survivors of domestic violence and non-violent offenders are one of the fastest growing prison populations in California. Featuring: Meredith Alexander, Esq., of Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law This presentation will
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On May 18, 2012 The Harriett Buhai Center and HBCFL Senior Staff Attorney Cheryl Segal were honored by El Camino College for the Center’s Community College Program. Community colleges play an important role helping low-income students and their families become self-sufficient. Providing the support they need to stay in school is important not only to
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The Harriett Buhai Center is thrilled to welcome our 2012 Summer Law Students Ashley Caldwell, Rebecca Fischer, Meaghan Glisczinski, Shani Kupferman, Kelley Lowe, Brody McKelvey and Laura Zaragoza. Law students are an integral part of the Center’s practice and the Center is strongly committed to mentoring and training our students. During their first two weeks
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In honor of the many hard working mothers on staff at the Harriett Buhai Center, we sat down with three mothers to learn more about how being a parent affects their work with clients at the Center. Read below for an interview with Client Assistant Karina Estrella and Staff Attorneys Nina Combellack and Judy Schwartz-Behar.
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The work of the Center would not be possible without its dedicated team of volunteers. We asked volunteer, Board member and entrepreneur Jodi Bell Ticknor to share her experience and inspirations as a mother at the Harriett Buhai Center. “I feel rewarded and challenged each time I work at the Harriett Buhai Center. I know
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